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SQUADRON ARRIVED AT SACRAMENTO
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AROUND
11 THIS MORNING. THEY WERE
GREETED BY FRIENDS, FAMILY
MEMBERS AND THEIR FELLOW
SQUADRON. THE RETURNING
TROOPS WERE PART OF A TEAM
THAT HAS BEEN HELPING WITH
COMMUNICATIONS IN THE WAR.
THE REMAINING TEAM MEMBERS
WILL RETURN HOME SOMETIME IN
APRIL.PAMELA ANDERSON HAS
CONTRACTED A LIFE-THREATENING
ILLNESS. THE "BAYWATCH"
STAR HAS CONTRACTED HEPATITIS
C, A POTENTIALLY DEADLY
DISEASE THAT ATTACKS THE LIVER.
AND THE VIRUS IS MORE
COMMON THAT YOU THINK.
ERIN MCCALLISTER JOINS US LIVE
FROM U-C-D MED CENTER WITH
MORE THE VIRUS.
PAMELA ANDERSON IS NOT
ALONE. AN ESTIMATED TWO POINT
SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
HEPATITIS C... HERE AT UC
DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER...DOCTORS
SEE MANY CASES OF THE
VIRUS...A VIRUS THAT HAS
POTENTIAL TO KILL.
PAMELA ANDERSON IS ONE OF
2.7 MILLION PEOPLE WITH
HEPATITIS C. THE DISEASE IS A
VIRAL INFECTION THAT ATTACKS
THE LIVER...AND IT CAN BE
DEADLY... DOCTOR LORENZO
ROSSARO TREATS PATIENTS WITH
THE DISEASE AT UC DAVIS
MEDICAL CENTER. HE SAYS WHILE
THE CHANCE OF DEATH IS SLIM...
IT IS POSSIBLE...
hepatitis c can be very
serious..it is a disease that
can present death in five
percent of people affected.
THAT POSSIBILITY WAS ALL
TOO REAL FOR DOUG HEATH. HE IS
A ROOFING CONTRACTOR FROM
RIPON WHO RECEIVED A BLOOD
TRANSFUSION TWENTY YEARS AGO.
i jumped off the roof
and cut myself and it may have
come from that. i don't
have any tatoos or
anything...i'm not into drugs
so that is the only way i
could have gotten it
FOUR YEARS AGO DOUG BECAME
VERY TIRED AND AFTER A YEARLY
CHECK-UP..HIS DOCTOR DIAGNOSED
HIM WITH HEPATITIS C. i
was very scared.
DOCTOR ROSSARO SAYS MANY
PATIENTS HAVE CONTRACTED THE
VIRUS THE WAY DOUG PROBABLY
DID. WHILE HER EX-HUSBAND
DENIES IT... PAMELA ANDERSON
SAYS SHE GOT THE DISEASE FROM
TOMMY LEE BY SHARING A TATOO
NEEDLE WITH HIM. DR.
ROSSARO SAYS ITS POSSIBLE...
BUT RARE. it is
possible..but most commonly
hepatitis c is transmitted
through introv drugs used by
sharing needles another source
of infection is blood
transfusion... A FACT
DOUG HEATH WILL CONTINUE TO BE
LIVING PROOF OF..... i
just found out today that i am
totally clear of the virus...
AND THATS ONE THING HE
DOES HOPE TO HAVE IN COMMON
WITH PAMELA ANDERSON.
boy.. i wish pam anderson...
the best of luck.. and if she
needs to talk to
somebody..call
me...)))(((nats:laughing)))
IF YOU WOULD
LIKEMORE INFORMATION ON
HEPATITIS C... YOU CAN SEND A
SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED
ENVELOPE TO THE ADDRESS ON
YOUR SCREEN. THATS 2713 KOVR
DRIVE, WEST SACRAMENTO,
95605... ALSO MAKE SURE TO
WRITE HEPATITIS C ON THE FRONT
OF THE ENVELOPE...
WE WILL SEND YOU MORE
INFORMATION ON THE VIRUS, HOW
YOU CAN GET IT AND WHAT THE
SYMPTOMS ARE.
COMING UP
ON KOVR13: IM, SHOOT, CURE!
SEE HOW THE SACRAMENTO
KINGS ARE HOOPIN' IT UP ■■■■■■■.